Axe me if I’m a failure says Chelsea's Andre Villas-Boas

ANDRE VIILLAS-Boas expects to be sacked if he fails to bring success to Chelsea.

Andre Villas-Boas expects to be sacked if he fails to bring success to Chelsea []

Former Porto boss Villas-Boas, 33, was yesterday unveiled as Chelsea’s seventh manager in the last seven years, but says this time round it is he who will be in charge – and not owner Roman Abramovich.

Villas-Boas is set to follow in the footsteps of his Portuguese countryman and mentor Jose Mourinho and impose a disciplinary crackdown at Stamford Bridge as he begins the job of whipping a squad who finished runners-up last season into shape.

He is well aware that if he fails in his first big job, he could all too soon be following in the footsteps of Carlo Ancelotti – sacked in May a year after winning the Double – Claudio Ranieri, Mourinho, Avram Grant, Luiz Felipe Scolari and Guus Hiddink.

Villas-Boas said: “You are expected to be successful here straight away. That’s what I face. I’d be surprised to be kept on if I don’t win. Who expects to stay here if they don’t win anything?”

You are expected to be successful here straight away

Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas

Villas-Boas insists he will be in full control of transfers. The youngest manager in the Premier League said: “There will be no players imposed on me. At this club, you can move for the best in the world. We need to make wise decisions.”

Chelsea and Tottenham have had £3.5m bids for Genk goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, 19, rejected. Newcastle have also pulled out of a deal for Chelsea’s £20m-rated striker Daniel Sturridge.